We recently met with a group of 9 churches who have been working through our curriculum on neighboring. Back in the fall, they started, at various levels of engagement, introducing neighboring to their congregations. As they worked through the material we realized an important truth....Neighboring is Hard.
Read MoreHave you ever heard of the "first mover" principle? It's the idea that the first one to market wins the day because they get a jump on competition. The only problem: it is a complete myth. If it were true we'd all be checking our MySpace instead of our Facebook or doing an AltaVista search instead of Google. What a world that would be!
Read MoreWe've committed to sharing the joys and the struggles of trying to systematically increase neighboring in a community. The research shows that more people want increased neighboring...and...sometimes...the experience, doesn't back up the research.
For instance take today.
I set out to knock on doors...
Read MoreIf you look over our blog and Facebook posts you’ll see a lot of success, high points, and feel-good-moments. Those moments are all real, but of course, they aren’t the whole story. We make mistakes, we fail, we flop, we flub.
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